Video

Parallel Session 4

presented in collaboration with the UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System

Technological developments are spurring the development of new and disruptive business models and products. These new developments can have both positive and negative implications for sustainable development and finance. This session will shed light on what emerging financial technologies mean for sustainability both now and over the coming years. Among the trends and emerging approaches that it will touch on are the well-researched area of mobile payments and financial inclusion through to the impacts of high-speed trading, social media, blockchain and peer-to-peer lending on social and environmental outcomes.

 

Moderator

 

Simon Zadek Co-Director, The Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System United Nations Environment Programme

 

Speakers

	Samuel Makome Chief Operating Officer, KCB Bank Group Ltd, Kenya
	Gus Schellekens Partner Partner, MENA Clean Energy and Sustainability Services team, Ernst & Young, United Arab Emirates
	Sun Tao Senior Director, Ant Financial, China